Pykml : Updates to Python 3.x

[donnaaboise]

I use pykml for creating KML files, and it has worked well up until the change to Python 3.x. It doesn't seem to be maintained any longer, but with a few minor tweaks is still perfectly useable.

My question is, can I go ahead and clone a version of pykml, maintain it myself, and make it available to VisClaw users (or anyone else for that matter)? Do I need some sort of permission or agreement from the original developer (@tylere Tyler Erickson, now a developer for Google Earth Engine)? I have posted an issue on the Pykml site asking if anyone is maintaining it, but no response so far.

Any suggestions for how I can handle this would be most useful.

[mandli]

Do you know if there's a replacement available? Is the intention that another package should pick up the functionality that we should switch to?

[donnaaboise]

I got a response from the developer on my posting to the pykml website. Tyler is in the process of updating pykml to Python 3.x now, and will have an update by the end of the week.

[mandli]

Ok, so we are maybe ok?

[donnaaboise]

I think so! I'll see where we are at in a couple of weeks.

[tylere]

I have pushed a new version of pykml to PyPI that adds Python3 support. If you encounter any issues, feel free to add them here.

[donnaaboise]

Thanks, Tyler! Going forward, is pykml a project you plan to support and/or maintain at some level? pykml has been an extremely useful package for creating KML files to overlay our simulation results onto Google Earth.

[tylere]

I do plan to maintain it, but do not plan to add much in terms of functionality. pyKML is a pretty thin wrapper for lxml, which has made it fairly stable without requiring a lot of maintenance.

[donnaaboise]

Great news! I think all we need is maintenance for any upcoming releases of Python. I can't think of much in the way of functionality that pykml is lacking.